Independence Day

     In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind. That word should have new meanind for all of us today.
     We can't be consumed by our petty defferences anymore.
     We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom...not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation.
     We are fighting for our right to live. To exise. And should we win the day...the Fourth of July will no longer be known as a American holiay...but as the day when the world declared in one voice, We will not go guietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!
     Today we celebrate our Independence Day!